Clay TravisClay Travis|published: Tue 9th September, 16:45 2008

Usain Bolt returns to Jamaica a hero. How beloved is he? "Barbara Blake Hannah, a special consultant to the Ministry of Information, Culture and Sports, said: 'Sports is one thing that holds Jamaica together. I heard that on the day of Bolt's 100 metres, no one here was killed. Even murder took a holiday for him.'" Swell. [ London Times]

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